This occurred to me while listening to the news. When they exchange people it’s always hostages for people held in Palestine and prisoners for people held in Israel. Why is that? Is it just perception or is there a practical difference?

  • DarkThoughts@kbin.social
    3631·
    1 year ago

    This sounds like a really idiotic bad faith question.
    Hostages are used as meat shields and can be executed at any time, and typically innocent of any crime.
    Prisoners are found guilty of a crime by a court system and then safely put away, since they have still rights.

    • dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee
      235·
      1 year ago

      I hate the fact that people who are trying to obtain information about the war are met with condescending answers like this. Attempts at gaining knowledge and learning should be motivated, not insulted.

    • Syndic@feddit.de
      95·
      1 year ago

      Prisoners are found guilty of a crime by a court system and then safely put away, since they have still rights.

      Yeah about that …

      “In administrative detention, a person is held without trial without having committed an offense, on the grounds that he or she plans to break the law in the future. As this measure is supposed to be preventive, it has no time limit. The person is detained without legal proceedings, by order of the regional military commander, based on classified evidence that is not revealed to them. This leaves the detainees helpless – facing unknown allegations with no way to disprove them, not knowing when they will be released, and without being charged, tried or convicted.”